N-methylolsilylethers of urethanes

ABSTRACT

N-METHYLOSLILYLETHERS FORMED BY REACTING N-METHYLOL COMPOUNDS WITH HEXALKYLDISILAZANES IN A MOLAR RATIO OF ABOUT 1:1 TO 1:8 AT TEMPERATURES OF 20-130*C. AND THEIR UTILITY IN MODIFYING POLYMERIC PRODUCTS.

United States Patent 3 555 070 N-METHYLOLSILYIZETTJERS 0F URETHANES Ferdinand Senge, Krefeld, and Hermann Schnell, Krefeld-Urdingen, Germany, assignors to Farbenfabnken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, Germany, a cor- I poration of Germany No Drawing. Original-application July 11, 1967, Ser. No. 652,413. Divided and this application June 30, 1969, Ser. No. 837,941 I Claims priority, application (ermany, July 26, 1966,

F I Int. Cl. coid 103/04 US. Cl. 260448.8 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 5 N-methylolsilylethers formed by reacting -N-methylol I compounds with hexalkyldisilazanes in a molar ratio of about 1: 1'to 1:8 at temperatures of -130 C. and their utility in modifying polymeric products. f i

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a divisionlof application Ser. No. 652,413 as'filed Julyll, 19 67 'alkyl alkyl 1 R *=,H,-alkyl-or aryl'. It is surprising that the process according to the invention proceeds in such a simple manner; and with good yields.

The N-rnethylolrcompounds .(I) usedas. starting materials are known from the literature and can be obtained .by reacting suitable nitr gS II-wntaining com ounds with formaldehyde in an aqueous medium, or with polymeric formaldehyde in an anhydrous medium.

The following compounds may be mentioned as examples of suitable N-methylol compounds for the process of the invention: N-methylolcompounds of aliphatic; aromatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic;'heterocyclic carbbxylic or sulphonic acidamides' or carboxylic-acid'imides. The

' carboxylic acid or sulphonic acid amides may be substitutedon the. amide group by alkyl groups having lito 8 C-atoms such as methyl, ethyl or isopropyl or..by aryl groups ,such as phenyl ornaphthyl, and thesernay in addition contain. lower alkyl or halogen substituents. Simi- Patented Jan. 12, 1971 larly, the acid radicals on which the carboxylic acid or sulphonic acid amides are based may be substituted by radicals such as halogen, in particular chlorine, or by nitro groups, alkoxy groups or alkoxy carbonyl groups etc. The above mentioned aliphatic or araliphatic acid amides or imides may be linear or branched; they may also contain olefinically unsaturated bonds once or a number of times in the molecule. The carboxylic acid and sulphonic acid amides and carboxylic acid imides are derived from the corresponding monoor polybasic acids.

The following are examples of typical N-methylol compounds: N-methylol-acetamide, N-methylol-propionic acid amide, N-methylol-N-methylpropionic acid amide, N- methylol-undecanoic acid amide, N-methylol-stearic acid amide, N-methylol-palmitic acid amide, N-methylol-achloroaceta-mide, N-methylol-acrylic acid amide, N-methylol-N-phenyl acrylic acid amide, N-methylol-methacrylic acid amide, N-methylol-a-ethyl acrylic acid amide, N- methylol-a-chloro acrylic acid amide, N-methylol-oleic acid amide, N-methylol-sorbic acid amide, N,N-bismethylol-fumaric acid diamide, N,N'-bis-methylol-muconic acid diamide, N,N'-bis-n1ethylol-adipic acid diamide and N,N-bis-methylol-sebacic acid diamide; N-methylolcyclo-hexanecarboxylic acid amide, N-methylol-cyclopentane-carboxylic acid amide;

'N-methylol-benzoic acid amide; N-methylol-p-tolyl acid amide, N-methylol-naphthoic acid amide, N-methylolsalicylic acid amide, N-methylol-4-hydroxybenzoic acid amide, N-methylol-4-tertiary butyl benzoic acid amide, N-methylol-4-chlorobenz0ic acid amide, N-methylolphenylacetic acid amide and N-methylol-4-pyridino-carboxylic acid amide; N-methylol-methanesulphonic acid amide, N-methylol-butane-sulphonic acid amide, N-methylol-dodecylsulphonic acid amide, N-methylol-benzene sulphonic acid amide, N-methylol-N-methyltoluenesulphonic acid amide, and N-methylol-cyclohexanesulphonic acid amide;

N-methylol-malonic acid imide, N-methylol-maleic acid imide, N-methylol-phthalimide, N-methylol-tetrahydrophthalimide, N-rnethylol-hexahydrophthalimide and *"N-methylol-diglycollic acid imide.

. Other suitable N-methylol compounds are saturated or unsaturated urethanes or ureas or N-monomethylol to N-hexamethylol compounds of melamine. The said classes of compounds may be partly substituted on the nitrogen by alkyl groups having 1 to 4 C-atoms or alkenyl groups having 2 to 6 C-atoms or by the butadiene-(1,3)-yl group.

The following compounds may be mentioned as particular examples: N- methylol-carbamic acid esters having. 1 to 18 C-atoms in the ester alkyl group, N-methylolcarbamic acid allyl esters (allylurethane), N-monomethylol-urea, N,N bis-,methylol urea, N-monomethyl-N- monomethylolurea, N,N-dimethyl-N-monomethylol-urea, N,N' -,dimethylol-N,N-dimethyl-urea, N-monomethylolethylene-urea, N,N'-bis-methylol-ethylene-urea, N-vinyl- N-methylolrurea, and N- methylol compounds of dicyandiamide.

The following compounds are preferred: N-methylolacetamide, N-methylol-acrylic acid amide, N-methylolmethacrylic acid amide, N-methylol-p-toluenesulphonic acid amide, N-rnethylolsorbic acid amide, N-methylol maleic acid amide, N-methylol-phthalic acid imide, N-

methylol-carbamic acid allyl esters, N-monomethylolurea, N,N-bis-methylol-urea and the monoto hexamethylol' compounds of melamine.

The hexaalkyl-disilazane to be used according to the invention which have the general formula (11),: SilNSi (R) in which R=alkyl, preferably methyl, R =H or alkyl having 1 to 18 C-atoms,

aryl such as phenyl, which may be substituted by halogen, in particular chlorine or by alkyl groups having 1 to 4 C- atoms, are obtained in known manner (see W. Noll Chemie und Technologie der Silikone, Verlag Chemie Gm-bH., Weinheim, Bergstr. 1960, p. 75; Gmelins Handbuch der Anorg. Chemie, Verlag Chemie GmbH., 1958, 8th edition, volume 15, part C, p. 307) by reacting trialkylmonochlorosilanes with ammonia or primary aliphatic or primary aromatic amines.

It is preferred to use hexamethyldisilazane, N-methylhexamethyldisilazane and N-ethyl hexamethyldisilazane. Hexamethyldisilazane is the most preferred compound.

The N-methylol compounds are reacted with the disilazanes in the molar ratio of about 1:1 to 1:8, preferably 1:1.1 to 1:2 at temperatures of 20 to 130 C., preferably 40 to 80 C. It is advantageous to carry out the reaction in the presence of catalytic quantities of a catalyst which has an acid action. The quantities of catalyst are from 0.001 to 2% by weight based on disilazane, preferably 0.01 to 0.5% by weight.

The following compounds are examples of suitable acid catalysts: HCl, H 50 H PO butanesulphonic acid, ptoluene-sulphonic acid and, preferably, the corresponding ammonium salts.

With very highly reactive N-methylol compounds, the reaction can also be carried out without catalysts although the reaction then generally proceeds considerably more slowly and only at higher temperatures. This may lead to deleterious side reactions such as autocondensation of the methylol compounds. In the case of compounds that are less sensitive to condensation, one can also success fully use catalytic quantities of the free acid.

The process according to the invention can be carried out in bllui or in an organic solvent. Suitable solvents include, for example, dimethylsulphoxide, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, dioxane and tetrahydrofuran. For preference, ethyl acetate or methyl acetate is used.

The process itself may be carried out by mixing the methylol compound with the hexaalkyldisilazane and, where used, the acid catalyst and/or a solvent and heating the mixture to the reaction temperature, when liberation of ammonia or of the amine from which the hexaalkyldisilazane is derived takes place. After the reaction is complete, the product is worked up by distillation or crystallisation. Alternatively, the reaction may be carried out by adding the methylol compound to the other reactants either continuously or discontinuously.

A preferred method of preparing the N-methylolsilyl ethers according to the invention consists in reacting the N-methylol compounds with hexamethyldisilazane in a molar ratio of 1: 1.1-2 in the presence of catalytic quantities of (NH SO at 40 to 80 C. with the exclusion of moisture and with stirring. After only a short time the reaction becomes evident by vigorous evolution of ammonia. When the evolution of gas has died down, stirring is continued for another to minutes and the excess hexamethyldisilazane is drawn off. For many purposes, the N-methylolsilyl ether obtained in this way is sulficiently pure.

Other disilazanes and different proportions of reactants catalysts or organic solvents may be used and different temperatures may be employed.

If it is desired to prepare the methylolsilyl ethers by reacting alkyl monochlorosilanes with N-methylol compounds, the presence of stoichiometric quantities of HCl acceptors such as pyridine or other tertiary amines is necessary. The hydrochloride produced in large quantities in this reaction, however, renders working up difficult and easily cause undesired side reactions.

These disadvantages can be obviated by the process according to the invention.

N-met'hylolsilyl ethers prepared according to the invention are valuable intermediate products for medicaments, textile auxiliarly agents and synthetic resins.

The N-methylolsilyl ethers are capable of reacting with other reactive groups e.g. hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, amino groups, even under mild conditions. Therefore, the N-methylolsilyl ethers are useful for modifying polymers and polycondensation products containing the above said groups, e.g. for hydrophobing cellulose and partial cellulose esters as well as for crease-proofing c0ttOIl.

Bior polyfunctional N-methylolsilyl ethers as well as the disilyl ether of N,N'-dimethylol adipic acid diamide react with hydroxyl group-containing macromolecules with cross-linking. Therefore, they can be used as crosslinking agents in lacquer binders having incorporated hydroxyl groups.

Example 1 10 g. (0.112 mol) of N-methylolacetamide, 9 g. (0.056 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane and 0.01 g. of sulphuric acid are heated to 70 to 75 C. with stirring and exclusion of moisture. After a short time, brisk liberation of ammonia begins and this is complete after about 10 minutes. The solution is diluted with about 50 ml. of petroleum ether, filtered, and the solvent is drawn off. The residue is fractionated using an oil pump.

Yield: 13 g. (0.086 mol) =71.8% by weight of the theoretical. B.P. OJ 60-61 C., d =0.962, n =1.4361.

Calcd for C H O NSi (percent): C, 44.69; H, 9.38; N, 8.69; Si, 17.42 (161.248). Found (percent): C, 44.42; H, 9.17; N, 9.02; Si, 17.10.

Example 2 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 9 g. (0.044 mol) of N,N-dimethylol-adipic acid diamide are reacted with 17.1 g. 0.1 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane. About ml. of benzene are added to the resulting solution, the solution is filtered and the solvent is drawn off. The residue is recrystallized from methyl acetate.

Yield: 10 g. (0.0287 mol)=65.4% by weight of theoretical. Melting Point: 7575.5 C.

Calcd for C H O N Si (percent): C, 48.24; H, 9.25; N, 8.04; Si, 16.12 (348.606). Found (percent): C, 48.52; H, 8.93; N, 8.24; Si, 16.15.

Example 3 29.5 g. (0.2 mol) of N,N'-dimethylolurea, 40 g. (10.25 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane, 29 g. of dimethylsulphoxide and 0.1 g. of (NH SO are heated to to C. with stirring and exclusion of moisture. After a short time, brisk evolution of ammonia begins and this is complete after about 10 minutes. The solution is diluted with about 50 ml. of petroleum ether, filtered, and cooled with ice. The precipitated product is separated by suction filtration, dried, and recrystallised from ligroin.

Yield: 44 g. (0.1505 mol)=% by weight of theoretical. Melting Point: 158 C. (with decomposition).

Example 4 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 24 g. (0.202 mol) of N-methylol-carbamic acid ethyl ester and 18.5 g. (0.115 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane are reacted at 55 to 50 C. in the presence of 0.01 g. of sulphuric acid (conc.). When the reaction is complete, the product is removed by suction filtration and fractionated using an oil pump.

Yield: 20 g. (0.091 mol)=45.5% by weight of theoretical. B.P. 50-52 C., l =0.9890, n =l.4286.

Calcd for CqHnOaNSl (molecular weight 191.311)

5 (percent): C, 43. 9 5; H, 8.95; N, 7.32; Si, 14.68. Found it) C, 4 .6; 1- .,Z-. 81. -27- '7 v Example 5 i In a manner analogous to Example 1, 6,5 g. (0.05 mol) of N-methylol sd'rbicacidamide and S g'. (0.031 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane,are reacted togetherin the presence of :01 g.,-of sulphuric acid ,(conc..). when the reaction S. complete, 20 ml. of petroleum ether are added, the reaction mixture is filtered, the ,filtrate is cooledandthe precipitated product isseparatedf'by suction filtration. and

dried. I

Yield: g. (0.0228:-.mol;).-=.47i%. .by weight ofthe theoretical: Melting. point: 79. 80? C p H Calcd for CQH NO' Si (percent): C, 56.29; Si, 13.16

(213.36). Found (percent) 1,= 56 -.29; Si, 13.00.

Example 6 P Example 7 g. (0.198 mol) of N-methylolacrylamide, 18 g. (0.112 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane, ml. of methyl acetate, 0.1 g. of (NH4) SO and 0.01 g. of phenothiazine are reacted together at to C. in a manner analogous to Example 1. The solvent is evaporated off and the residue is distilled using an oil pump.

Yield: 29.5 g. (0.17 mol)=85% by weight of theoretical. B.P. 78-79 C. d =0.9800, n =1.4582.

Calcd'for C H O NSi (percent):'C, 48.52; H, 8.72; N, 8.08; Si, 16.21 (173.295). Found (percent): C, 48.53; H, 8.53; N, 8.34; Si, 16.02.

Example 8 In a manner analogous to Example 7, 300 g. (2.6 mol) of N-methylol-methacrylic acid amide, 240 g. (1.5 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane, and 0.1 g. of (NH Sp are reacted at 40 C. in the presence of 250 ml. er ethyl acetate and 0.01 g. of phenothiazine and worked up.

Yield: 469 g. (2.5 mol)=96% by weight of theoretical. B.P. 77-79 C. Melting point 31-32 C.

Calcd for C H O Nsi (percent): C, 51.26; H, 9.16; N, 7.48; Si, 14.95 (187.20). Found (percent): C, 50.66; H, 9.29; N, 7.46; Si, 14.73. R

If 50 g. (0.045 mol) of N-methylol-methacrylic acid amide and g. (0.26 mol) of N-methyl-hexamethyldisilazane are reacted under the conditions of Example 8 there are obtained 61 g. (0.33 mol)- 73% by weight of methacrylic acid amide-N-methylol-trimetliylsilyl ether, melting point 3132 C.

Example 9 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 3 g. (0.015 mol) of N-methylol-p-toluenesulphonic acid amide and 1.75 g. (0.008 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane are reacted together at 75 to 80 C. in the presence of 0.01 g. of sulphuric acid (cone). When the reaction is complete, petroleum ether is added and the reaction mixture is filtered.

The filtrate is cooled and the precipitated product is separated by suction filtration and recrystallised.

Yield: 3 g. (0.011 mol)=73.5% by weight of theoretical. Melting point: 70.5-71.5 C.

Calcd for C H O NSi (percent): C, 48.32; H, 7.00; N, 5.12; Si, 10.27 (273.417). Found (percent): C, 48.48; H, 6.45; N, 5.30; Si, 10.21.

6 Example 10 In amanner analogous to Example 1, 23 g. (0.17 mol) of N-methylol-carbamic acid allyl ester in 15 g. of ethyl acetate are reacted with 15 g. (0.09 mol) of hexamethyl disilazane at -85" C. within 20 minutes and worked up.

Yield: 25 g. (0.12 mol)=7l% by weight of theoretical. B.P. 58-61 C., r1 1.4452, (1 1.0206.

Calcd for C H NO Si (percent): C, 47.26; H, 8.43; Si, 13.82 (203.322). Found (percent): C, 47.46; H, 8.39; Si, 13.46.

Example 11 21.5 g. (approximately 0.1 mol) of a methylolmelamine compound prepared from formaldehyde and melamine and containing about three methylol groups were dissolved in 50 ml. of dimethylsulphoxide and reacted with 30 g. (0.19 mol)-of hexamethyldisilazane at 6070 C. within 15 minutes. The solvent was drawn off and the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and precipitated from petroleum ether.

Yield: 34g. (0.079 mol) =79% by weight of the theoretical. f

The product had an Si content of 18.4%, which corresponds to a degree of substitution of the methylol groups of Example 12 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 15 g. (0.1 mol) of nicotinic acid amide are reacted with 12 g. (0.06 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane at about 80 C. within 10 minutes. The product 'was recrystallised from petroleum ether.

Yield: 17 g. (0107 mo1).=76% by weight of the theoretical. Melting point: 74-74.5 C.

Calcd for C, ,H,,N,0,si (percent): C, 53.54; N, 12.49; Si, 12.52 (224.344). Found (percent): C, 54.10; N, 12.40; Si, 12.60.

Example 13 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 10 g. (0.064 mol) of N-methylolhexahydrobenzoic acid amide are reacted with 9 g. (0.05 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane at 60 C.

Yield: 10.5 g. (0.044 mol)=69% by weight of theoretical. Melting point: 71-72 C.

Calcd for C H NO Si (percent): C, 57.99; H, 10.57; N, 6.13 (228.411). Found (percent): C, 57.25; H, 9.84; N, 6.38.

Example 14 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 13 g. (0.1 mol) of N-methylol-p-chlorobenzoic acid amide are reacted with 12 g. (0.75 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane at C.

Yield: 11 g. (0.043 mol)=43% by weight of theoretical. Melting point: 90-91 C.

Calcd for C H ClNO si (percent): C, 51.34; H, 6.27; N, 5.44 (257.804). Found (percent): C, 51.52; H, 6.24; N, 5.42.

Example 15 In a manner analogous to Example 1, 16.5 g. (0.1 mol) of N-methylolphenylacetic acid amide are reacted with 12 g. (0.075 mol) of hexamethyldisilazane at 6070 C.

Yield: 12 g. (0.51 mo1)=51% by weight of theoretical. Melting point: 41-42 C.

Calcd for C H NO Si (percent): C, 60.73; H, 8.11; N, 5.90 (237.364). Found (percent): C, 60.69; H, 7.75; N, 6.10.

Example 16 10 parts by weight of N-trimethyl siloxymethyl methacrylamide, 30 parts by weight of methyl methacrylate are mixed with 45 parts by weight of xylene. After addition of 0.4 part by weight of azodiisobutyrodinitrile and 0.3 part by weight of di-tert.-dodecylmercaptan as regulator polymerization. was carried out at 70 C. during 6.5 hours. The copolymer obtained has a relative viscosity of 1.1953 measured with an Oswald Viscosimeter at 25 C. and at a concentration of 10 g./litre in benzene.

Demonstration of conversion of the soluble copolymer into insoluble cross-linked product: 0.22 ml. of a 4 n-H SO solution is added to 20 g. of a 25% by weight solution in xylene/butanol (11:1) of the copolymer obtained. The mixture becomes cloudy after only 10 minutes, a gel-like product being formed, accompanied by cross-linking. A film of the copolymer which is stoved for 30 minutes at 150 C. is insoluble in xylene and has a gel-content of almost 100%.

What is claimed is:

1. A compound of the formula wherein R" is alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or allyl.

2. The compound of claim 1 wherein R" is ethyl.

3. The compound of claim 1 wherein R" is allyl.

v References Cited V UNITED STATES PATENTS TOBIAS E. LEVOW, Primary Examiner w. F. w. BELLAMY, Assistant Examiner US. 01. X.R. 

